[78-L] 78s in the garage/should have been new subject

[Bill McClung]

Forwarded conversation
Subject: Re: [78-L] Question 1812 Overture
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From: *Robert M. Bratcher Jr.* <rbratcherjr at yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 8:55 AM
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David, You & I are not the only ones on the list with a house that we live
in
that is overflowing with records. As you may already know there are a few
others
on the list that have the same situation with the number of records owned in
the
home & perhaps in storage (hopefully climate controlled) like you have. Oh &
I
keep 2 window units running 24x7 in the garage to keep those records cool
during
the late spring to early fall months. Don't need them much during the
winter.

One thing I wonder does anybody keep records in the garage (instead of a car
&
other stuff) like I do? For me it's cheaper than keeping them in a storage
unit
even with the house A/C bill  in the summer.


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From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Sun, April 3, 2011 9:55:42 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Question 1812 Overture

Sounds like home. Plus a few storage units in my case.

dl

On 4/3/2011 9:16 AM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> David, my Weingartner Columbia green label Beethoven 9 symphonies might be
on
> Entre (as a reissue) instead of the regular Columbia blue label but I
haven't
> played it in a good year so I'd have to go digging though my classical
LP's to
> find it one day if I ever decide to look for it. Didn't think he'd be on
Entre
> but I guess he was at least for this set anyway. My other Entre record (a
>single
> disc of a symphony, orchestra&  conductor I can't think of without looking
for
> the album) is on the grey label. I've got so many 78's, 45's&  LP's that I
> honestly can't remember all of them without digging through the
collection,
>some
> of which I've never played since I aquired them in one way or another
though
>the
> 35 years that I've been a record collector a.k.a vinyl jumkie. I really
don't
> think that it's my 52 years of age but rather the huge size of it. A rough
>guess
> might be a hundred thousand discs (with duplicates included) but I might
have
> more than that. I honestly don't know how many records I've got. Just that
it
> fills up 2 bedrooms, part of the living room, some of the hallways (yes
it's
>all
> on shelves) plus all of a 2 car garage. In other words my 1999 Toyota
pickup
> truck is parked outside in the driveway. Thats why my acummulating (to
call it
> that) of new (to me) listening treasures has slowed way down from what it
used
> to be. Yes I still go to the Austin&  Houston record collector shows but
must
>of
> my other tracking down (or hunting for records) has almost stopped with
the
> exception of buys on Ebay from time to time. Other than visiting Black Dog
> Records one time last year (a collector shop on Shepherd close to hwy 59&
they
> never have 78's) I haven't tried to visit whats left of the Houston record
> collector shops in several years. Nor do I go for record hauls of any size
like
> I used to do in the past as I honestly don't have room unless I wanted to
rent
> climate controlled space on west 34th street which I've thought about but
it
>can
> get expensive if I rented more than one 10x10 or a 20x20 space every month
to
> store more rocords so I haven't done that&  don't intend to anytime soon
at
> least not for another year or two. Still have some space in my bedroom
(the
one
> I sleep in) at least. The dining area is full of records on shelves&  I'm
not
> putting them in the bathroom, kitchen or the attic!! However the living
room
>has
> some space for a few shelves but then I'd only have a path to walk through
plus
> a place for my computer.....
>




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From: *David Lennick* <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 9:37 AM
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The garage is just fine where I'm living now and was fine where we lived
from
1987 to 2000. Not so fine was the garage in the semi-rural place we were in
for
9 years, prone to moisture, mice, the occasional other living creature that
managed to sneak under the door. And even a well-maintained storage unit
that
isn't climate controlled is fine, as long as you're sure the elements don't
encroach.

dl

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From: *Bill McClung* <bmcclung78 at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 10:38 AM
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I have about 15,000 78s in my garage. It's sort of a half-way house.  It's a
better environment than most of them came from but these are ones I haven't
had time to sort and clean and re-sleeve.  The ones that are common and in
poor condition will be put out of their misery.  Some will be part of a set
sale list I'm putting together for commons in excellent condition and ones
that are unusual or interesting.  The keepers will be cleaned and added to
my database and brought into the house and into my "music room" as part of
my personal collection.

The garage has a concrete slab foundation and an attic exhaust fan to
control the summer's heat.  Here in south Texas we don't have to worry about
excessive moisture so nothing bad has happened to any of them.  In fact,
there was a moldy batch that came from Mississippi that can now be cleaned
fairly easily because the they have dried out.

I like buying 78s en masse because I learn so much.  Sometimes it's an
artist I've seen but not heard.  Sometimes it's a side by someone I don't
collect that I'll like.  Sometimes it's a release by a label I've dismissed
like the two Coleman Hawkins on Rondo (1555 & 1556). Rondo?  That batch I
recently bought in Houston has 25-30 different non-Ken G Rondos.   Lately
I've been buying a lot of small label 78s.  Most of the music is not great
but every so often.....................

I do so love this---it's way more than a hobby but still less than family
and friends.  That's just about right.